Six SC Nominees Announced as James Beard Foundation Award Semifinalists
The James Beard Foundation announced its list of Restaurant and Chef Award semifinalists for the 2013 James Beard Foundation Awards, the nation’s most prestigious recognition program honoring professionals in the food and beverage industries.
Selected from a list of over 44,000 online entries, the prestigious group of semifinalists in 20 categories represents a wide variety of culinary talent, from exceptional chefs and dining destinations in ten different regions across the U.S., to the nation’s top wine and spirits professionals, best new restaurants, and rising star chefs.
James Beard Foundation Book, Broadcast & Journalism award listings will be released separately.
With the Restaurant and Chef Award finalists announced on March 18 at Lowndes Grove Plantation in Charleston, at least six South Carolina nominees have a chance of making that list before the winners are announced in May. They are (by category):
BEST NEW RESTAURANT
- The Ordinary, Charleston, SC
OUTSTANDING CHEF
- Sean Brock, McCrady’s, Charleston, SC
OUTSTANDING WINE PROGRAM
- Charleston Grill at Charleston Place Hotel, Charleston, SC
BEST CHEF: SOUTHEAST
- Jeremiah Bacon, The Macintosh, Charleston, SC
- Craig Deihl, Cypress, Charleston, SC
- Joshua Keeler, Two Boroughs Larder, Charleston, SC
